Dessert Recipes - Planters Pudding Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 fresh pineapple

• 8 fresh dates, quartered and stoned (pitted)

• 2 small bananas, sliced

• 1 passion fruit

• 25 g/1 oz/2 tbsp light brown sugar

• 45 ml/3 tbsp apple juice

• 45 ml/3 tbsp dark rum

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Method:

1. Slice the top off the pineapple about 4 cm/1 1/2 in down from the leaves. Reserve for a lid.

2. Scoop out the flesh, using a serrated knife, leaving the skin intact. Chop the flesh, discarding any hard core.

3. Place in a bowl with the dates and bananas and toss gently. Halve the passion fruit and scoop the seeds into the bowl.

4. Blend together the sugar, apple juice and rum until the sugar dissolves. Add to the bowl and toss gently. Chill the fruit mixture and the pineapple shell.

5. When ready to serve, spoon the fruit back into the pineapple, and replace the lid or place it to one side of the pineapple.